Purpose The goal of the game is to start the conversation within the team about their development process, in this case, by using the Agile-Scrum framework. By asking open ended questions, the facilitator would help the team discover areas of improvement identified by the team, help with clarifying some concepts and show the team how easy it’s to inspect and adapt their own development process.…
Weekend Escape an agile backlog management game
Timing: 20 minutes to prepare plus 30 minutes for Standard version, or 75 to 90 minutes for Extended Version Overview: Small teams collaborate to order a backlog with a specific business goal in mind. Once the team has produced their backlog, they review the output of another team and discuss the differences. Everyone participates and discussion plays a key part in the game. Participant’s eyes…
Telestrations for Teams
Timing: Really depends on the group size, but I’d allow at least 2 hours for a group of 10 to play three rounds. Materials: The board game Telestrations. There are two versions of this game, an eight player version and a 12 player party-pack version for larger groups. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46213/telestrations It’s available online (Amazon, etc), or from most decent shops which sell board games. …
MyToy : An Agile Product Development Game
Timing: 2 to 3 hours Overview: An Agile product development simulation game with LEGO®, Scrum, story maps, experiments, etc. This game tries to cover an entire product development process, the Agile way, and is designed for a single team of 4 to 6 people. The team will build a story map and decide on experiments to make at each sprint in order to build the most suitable…
A day at the Movies
Day at the movies templateThe goal of this retrospective is to open up honest conversation, without blame, while having fun. It is intended to look at some of the Scrum Artifacts, Ceremonies and Roles and to discover where more attention needs to be paid. Timing 90 minutes Materials Sets of cards with different movie titles and characters of movies/TV series. White board marker to jot…